Thursday, 19 March 2026

 David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (09:52): I was honoured to be recently invited to the Casey Multifaith Network Iftar dinner event, hosted at the Hampton Park Uniting Church, also organised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. The theme was ‘Fasting in my religion’, and we heard from religious leaders from the Buddhist, Christian, Muslim and Hindu faiths about the role of fasting in their religion and the common ground between these religious groups. I think it is more important than ever at the moment for religious groups to talk to each other and find common ground, and I thought that this was an excellent way of doing it out at Hampton Park. I commend the Casey Multifaith Network for their work in this area in establishing peaceful dialogue between religions, and I encourage more leaders to get involved in this sort of thing, because I think if we are talking about social cohesion and stuff a lot in Victoria, this is key to that to prevent misunderstandings and to establish communication and dialogue between religious groups. So I commend them on their work and hope that they continue doing this in the future.